Comments for Affiliate Ground Zero http://affiliategroundzero.com Where Learning to Publish Great Content is King Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:43:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Review of Firefox Scrapbook Plugin by You Want To Be A Blogging Expert | Affiliate Ground Zero http://affiliategroundzero.com/review-of-firefox-scrapbook-plugin/#comment-87 You Want To Be A Blogging Expert | Affiliate Ground Zero Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:51:09 +0000 http://affiliategroundzero.com/?p=108#comment-87 [...] I run across blog posts worthy of educational reading I break out my FireFox Scrapbook plugin and start taking copious notes. Here is the first section of notes and my thoughts on those notes [...] [...] I run across blog posts worthy of educational reading I break out my FireFox Scrapbook plugin and start taking copious notes. Here is the first section of notes and my thoughts on those notes [...]

]]> Comment on Blogging Reporters Versus Experts by You Want To Be A Blogging Expert | Affiliate Ground Zero http://affiliategroundzero.com/blogging-reporters-versus-experts/#comment-86 You Want To Be A Blogging Expert | Affiliate Ground Zero Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:47:54 +0000 http://affiliategroundzero.com/?p=464#comment-86 [...] Notes Part 1 - on Yaro Starak Article - Blog Reporter versus Blog Expert [...] [...] Notes Part 1 - on Yaro Starak Article - Blog Reporter versus Blog Expert [...]

]]> Comment on Don’t Worry be Crappy by Fill It Up and They Feed or Read - NOT! | Affiliate Ground Zero http://affiliategroundzero.com/dont-worry-be-crappy/#comment-73 Fill It Up and They Feed or Read - NOT! | Affiliate Ground Zero Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:02:03 +0000 http://affiliategroundzero.com/?p=284#comment-73 [...] although I believe “Don’t Worry be Crappy” is a legitimate attitude when releasing new innovative content, it is not an attitude I want to [...] [...] although I believe “Don’t Worry be Crappy” is a legitimate attitude when releasing new innovative content, it is not an attitude I want to [...]

]]> Comment on Shifting Affiliate Strategies by Mark McClean http://affiliategroundzero.com/shifting-affiliate-strategies/#comment-70 Mark McClean Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:57:47 +0000 http://affiliategroundzero.com/?p=53#comment-70 Great points and examples Ron. So you were a corp dude too huh? If a corp decided they needed to use PLR content and told me to use it for a marketing campaign I would have bit the proverbial bullet and done what I was told. Voluntarily deciding for myself to use PLR content is much more difficult. Great points and examples Ron. So you were a corp dude too huh?

If a corp decided they needed to use PLR content and told me to use it for a marketing campaign I would have bit the proverbial bullet and done what I was told. Voluntarily deciding for myself to use PLR content is much more difficult.

]]> Comment on Shifting Affiliate Strategies by Ron Amundson http://affiliategroundzero.com/shifting-affiliate-strategies/#comment-68 Ron Amundson Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:12:24 +0000 http://affiliategroundzero.com/?p=53#comment-68 From the pov of fast tracking research for ones own writing, some PLR has value... Ie, if the author truly does have some skill in the field, and the research is solid. In fact, I think their could be a substantial business opportunity if one were to go after that market. Way back when as a corp dude, we used a very spendy service, which would scan all the news of the week, and then summarize the key points based upon key words we would submit to them. It had a lot of value... instead of reading hundreds of citations, the reports we would get would allow us to hone in one the three or four which were really critical in our market. (there is an opportunity to use google reader, and $4/hr PLR creators and build a business around it.. I think even SOHO outfits might find such a thing of value) I also think, if one is looking only to fast track making a few bucks, rather than growing a sustainable long term business, PLR can add value. In some cases, an opportunity may only be valid for a few months, or even a few weeks. Thus, to use PLR content for a focused site to hit such an opportunity while its hot, might make a lot of sense. One example I can think of, is where a fellow posted detailed instructions on how to make $100 a day online. Those who jumped in on day 1, did well... by the end of 3 weeks, it was over. Thats $2000 for roughly 4 hours of work, and a $200 investment. To individually generate content for such a project, would not work... some tried, and by the time they were ready, the opportunity was gone, ie they made $2-$3 a day. From the pov of fast tracking research for ones own writing, some PLR has value… Ie, if the author truly does have some skill in the field, and the research is solid. In fact, I think their could be a substantial business opportunity if one were to go after that market. Way back when as a corp dude, we used a very spendy service, which would scan all the news of the week, and then summarize the key points based upon key words we would submit to them. It had a lot of value… instead of reading hundreds of citations, the reports we would get would allow us to hone in one the three or four which were really critical in our market. (there is an opportunity to use google reader, and $4/hr PLR creators and build a business around it.. I think even SOHO outfits might find such a thing of value)

I also think, if one is looking only to fast track making a few bucks, rather than growing a sustainable long term business, PLR can add value. In some cases, an opportunity may only be valid for a few months, or even a few weeks. Thus, to use PLR content for a focused site to hit such an opportunity while its hot, might make a lot of sense. One example I can think of, is where a fellow posted detailed instructions on how to make $100 a day online. Those who jumped in on day 1, did well… by the end of 3 weeks, it was over. Thats $2000 for roughly 4 hours of work, and a $200 investment. To individually generate content for such a project, would not work… some tried, and by the time they were ready, the opportunity was gone, ie they made $2-$3 a day.

]]> Comment on Jumping To Conclusions by Mark McClean http://affiliategroundzero.com/juming-to-conclusions/#comment-60 Mark McClean Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:37:29 +0000 http://affiliategroundzero.com/?p=74#comment-60 Sounds good Elijah. I'll stay tuned for that interview. Should be interesting. Mark Sounds good Elijah. I’ll stay tuned for that interview. Should be interesting.

Mark

]]> Comment on Jumping To Conclusions by Elijah http://affiliategroundzero.com/juming-to-conclusions/#comment-59 Elijah Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:07:00 +0000 http://affiliategroundzero.com/?p=74#comment-59 It is pretty encouraging, you're right - a little inside tip, I'll be interviewing Alan from AffiliateConfession with a 20 questions style of post. Stay tuned, should be up within a week or so. Elijahs last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/theathomecoupleblog/~3/371688366/" rel="nofollow">From College To Cubicle - The Orthodox Blueprint</a> It is pretty encouraging, you’re right - a little inside tip, I’ll be interviewing Alan from AffiliateConfession with a 20 questions style of post.

Stay tuned, should be up within a week or so.

Elijahs last blog post..From College To Cubicle - The Orthodox Blueprint

]]> Comment on Shifting Affiliate Strategies by Mark McClean http://affiliategroundzero.com/shifting-affiliate-strategies/#comment-58 Mark McClean Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:19:08 +0000 http://affiliategroundzero.com/?p=53#comment-58 It's funny Ron, as I just said in my most recent post, when you're beginning to learn affiliate marketing it's easy to fall prey to "fast" methods. I'm sure PLR articles will have a practical place somewhere in the affiliate world when I have the expertise to use them so they coincide with my own internal belief structure, but for the life of me I can't seem to feel good about posting that stuff. I've done it a few times, especially over at http://www.qassia.com/ to get some credit for them. Hey I'm sure there are great affiliate marketers using PLR articles in newsletters or other communication channels that swear by them. To each his own. Mark It’s funny Ron, as I just said in my most recent post, when you’re beginning to learn affiliate marketing it’s easy to fall prey to “fast” methods.

I’m sure PLR articles will have a practical place somewhere in the affiliate world when I have the expertise to use them so they coincide with my own internal belief structure, but for the life of me I can’t seem to feel good about posting that stuff. I’ve done it a few times, especially over at http://www.qassia.com/ to get some credit for them.

Hey I’m sure there are great affiliate marketers using PLR articles in newsletters or other communication channels that swear by them. To each his own.

Mark

]]> Comment on Shifting Affiliate Strategies by Ron Amundson http://affiliategroundzero.com/shifting-affiliate-strategies/#comment-57 Ron Amundson Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:06:47 +0000 http://affiliategroundzero.com/?p=53#comment-57 PLR is a pain to come across, and its pretty easy to see right through the poorly written articles, or if one has some skills in the field, shred them entirely, as the author in most cases has no idea of what they are talking about. Talk about a good way to kill the credibility of ones authorship if used verbatim, yet folks do so all the time. I sort of think this will end up being a Darwin thing... the folks currently crafting PLR articles at $4/hour who know what they are doing, will likely no longer settle for $4/hour. Those who don't will continue in that domain, and their articles even if in mass, sooner of later will get penalized, no matter how much search engine gaming goes on. PLR is a pain to come across, and its pretty easy to see right through the poorly written articles, or if one has some skills in the field, shred them entirely, as the author in most cases has no idea of what they are talking about. Talk about a good way to kill the credibility of ones authorship if used verbatim, yet folks do so all the time.

I sort of think this will end up being a Darwin thing… the folks currently crafting PLR articles at $4/hour who know what they are doing, will likely no longer settle for $4/hour. Those who don’t will continue in that domain, and their articles even if in mass, sooner of later will get penalized, no matter how much search engine gaming goes on.

]]> Comment on The Power of Blog Commenting by Mark McClean http://affiliategroundzero.com/the-power-of-blog-commenting/#comment-47 Mark McClean Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:30:08 +0000 http://affiliategroundzero.com/?p=104#comment-47 You deserve them! Mark You deserve them!

Mark

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